-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jordi wrote: > Oh yes, > > I will take all that is said in exam, and learn all to some degree. > But I have so much work on Java, php, and virtual reality modelling > languages, plus build the site, so I think I better build a simple > server, as strong as I can. But can't spend months or years learning, > I need to start developing just now. > > So if you know some tool that may be useful for a server like mine, > that consist in just one machine, running a Debian based OS > (Xubuntu), with a router with hardware firewall, please tell me. For > many months, maybe years, there will be no more servers nor dsl lines, > just 1 with 1 static ip. > So I just want software for THIS situation. In next months or years, I > will learn by the way, as I grow. > But just wanted to know a good solution for this little server: 1 dsl > line, 1 ip, 1 machine. No more. > And better: I can use this server directly, with the keyboard, as I > access to it with a KVM Switch. So don't need to manipulate it through > ssh or nothing for now. > I wonder if shorewall is for me like using a cannon to kill a flea. > > Having this in mind, do you know a good and simple solution? I will > have much time to learn for future, it is just to have a start point. > > Thanks for replying > > Jordi > > Jordi,
If it's just one box and you're not running any internet services on it, then you don't really need a firewall. You can always test how good your machine is protected by using one of the security scanners on the web such as : http://www.auditmypc.com/ there are many more. Joe -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF6CzFiXBCVWpc5J4RAjAhAJ9z8BdImEkrNW2GTMCuL6LlQtjz7wCePKaL FMRICaTpwybVwImWPjOUWQo= =iHT3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
